by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE)
aἰei moi dineῖ mὲn ἐn oὔasin ἦchos Ἔrōtos
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
aἰei moi dineῖ mὲn ἐn oὔasin ἦchos Ἔrōtos, ὄmma dὲ sῖga Pothois tὸ glykὺ dakry pherei: oὐd᾽ ἡ nyx, oὐ phengos ἐkoimisen, ἀll᾽ ὑpὸ philtrōn ἤdē pu kradiᾳ gnōstὸs ἔnesti typos. ὦ ptanoi, mὴ kaὶ pot᾽ ἐphiptasthai men, Ἔrōtes, oἴdat᾽, ἀpoptῆnai d᾽ oὐd᾽ ὅson ἰschyete?
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Text Authorship:
- by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE), no title, Epigram 5.212 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by John (or Jack) William Mackail (1859 - 1945) , "Love's Martyr" ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
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